Preface
Acknowledgments
Sect. I Normal Gross and Angiographic Anatomy of the
Craniocervical Vasculature
1 The Aortic Arch and Great Vessels 3
2 The External Carotid Artery 31
3 The Internal Carotid Artery: Cervical, Petrous, and Lacerum Segments 57
4 The Internal Carotid Artery: Cavernous, Clinoid, Ophthalmic and Communicating Segments 83
5 The Circle of Willis 105
6 The Anterior Cerebral Artery 117
7 The Middle Cerebral Artery 135
8 The Posterior Cerebral Artery 153
9 The Vertebrobasilar System 173
10 The Extracranial Veins and Dural Venous Sinuses 195
11 The Cerebral Veins 217
Sect. II Pathology of the Craniocervical Vasculature
12 Intracranial Aneurysms 241
13 Vascular Malformations 277
14 Neoplasms and Mass Effects 313
15 Nonatheramotous Vasculopathy 341
16 Atherosclerosis and Carotid Stenosis 359
17 Stroke 381
18 Trauma 405
Sect. III Technical Aspects of Cerebral Angiography
19 Diagnostic Neuroangiography: Basic Techniques 421
Subject Index 447